Fat, Cool, and Happy…as long as we’re in the water

We watched the harbor seals bobbing in Yaquina Bay while we had lunch on the South Jetty, Newport. It was 90F yesterday!

Seal Snuggles

Today, I looked for seal pups from the Alsea Bay Bridge.

Pupping Season

I think there were a few but this was the closest one to me.

20 – 30 seals swooshed into the water

The funniest thing happened…all at once, about 20 – 30 seals lept off the beach into the bay. I couldn’t see any reason for it.

Maybe that’s how they leave the beach…all at once?

Cormorant gathers seaweed from bottom of the Alsea Bay

The cormorants are interesting to watch too. They seem to have their favorite spots where they know they can find seaweed under water. They dive to gather it off the bottom. They come up with a mouthful and fly off with it. I think they nest somewhere under the bridge. I saw them fly under the bridge but I didn’t think to watch to see if they came out the other side.